Sold Date: December 25, 2020
Start Date: December 23, 2020
Final Price: $110.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 1
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This boxed set of 22 Classical Music LPs from Funk & Wagnalls (manufactured by RCA Custom) was purchased by my parents around 1977. I don't have a record player so I'm hoping to find a collector who'll take good care of it and value the music they contain as we did. Copyrights listed in this set include 1965, 1966, 1970 and 1977.

I'm very particular about LPs because I know how annoying a single scratch is. I inspected every disc and, except for the flaws noted for #20, they appear to be in excellent condition. The inner sleeves are all intact but somewhat discolored by the aging process. The outer sleeves are in great condition excepting the very corners. The case for the set, which is not large enough for the book, is in very good condition, with some damage on edges and the rear surface.
In case it's not clear from the photos, these are the albums: 1. Beethoven: The Pastoral - Sixth Symphony 2. Tchaikovsky: The Pathetique - Sixth Symphony 3. Mozart: The Piano Concerto in B Flat, Overtures: Cosi Fan Tutte, The Impresario, The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni 4. Brahms: The Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat 5. Chopin: Polonaises, Nocturne, Etudes, Mazurkas 6. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos No. 2 & No. 6, The Clavier Concerto in D Minor 7. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 8. Schubert: The Unfinished Symphony, Symphony No. 5 9. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Symphonic Dances Opus 45, No. 2 and 3, Vocalise Opus 34, No. 14 10. Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6, Hungarian Fantasy for Piano And Orchestra 11. Mendelssohn: The Italian - Fourth Symphony, Music from A Midsummer Night's Dream 12. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor), Coriolanus Overture 13. Strauss: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Emperor Waltz, Voices of Spring Waltz, "Vienna Blood" Waltz, "Artist's Life" Waltz, The Blue Danube, Waltz 14. Tchaikovsky: The Piano Concerto No. 1, Nutcracker Suite Selections 15. Dvorak: The New World - Ninth Symphony 16. Wagner: Overture to Tannhauser; Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 1, Prelude to Act 3 and Wedding Chorus; Prelude to Die Meistersinger; Siegfried's Rhine Journey, Siegfried's Funeral March 17. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Hungarian Dances 18. Handel: Highlights from Messiah, Music for the Royal Fireworks, Highlights from the Water Music 19. Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, Jupiter Symphony No. 41 in C Major 20. Beethoven: Violin Concerto Opus 61, The Egmont Overture 21. Haydn: The Surprise Symphony, The Clock Symphony 22. Berlioz: The 'Fantastic' Symphony
The hardcover book with information about each composer, "The Great Composers: Their lives and times with program notes for the recordings" is also in excellent condition, with only minor discoloration of the pages around the edges. It is mounted in a 2-hole binder with steel fasteners running through the holes. As I quickly leafed through, I noticed at least two pages that had been dog-eared at some point, but not badly so. It appears that each section is actually a separate booklet of 12 pages each, and if you look at the book from the opening side, the appearance of the ends of the booklets (relative depth) is not uniform as a result of inconsistencies in either the width of the books and/or the depth of the offset for the hole-punching. This is, however, a manufacturing problem, not damage by my family. Time has caused the top cover to bow somewhat near the bindings, but there is no crease, fold or damage otherwise.

Any inaccuracies in this description are purely unintentional. I take full responsibility for oversights as well.
Shipping & handling are at your expense; if you don't agree with the shipping method, contact me about what you'd like. Before packing, the items weigh over 12 pounds/4.5 kg. Free shipping if you buy this great package for at least $200.